Sean, few questions.
1. Shield skill, when that guy broke your buckler in 1 hit?
2. Do you know, that buckler has a "little" bit less HP then other shields? Steel shield with 8+ shield skill and it would block a lot more hits...
Hey Dravic !
1. Shield skill was 7. He broke it at the second hit .... the first it blocks. At second hit it crushes.
2 Yes i know , that a buckler has less hp than other shields, but i used it cause of 60 body armor and only 2,5 weight. Was real good all the time. Like i wrote nearly nothing broke it. Tons of arrows , and it shows no little crack. 2h swords nearly no damage. BUT this great 2h axe ... dont know if it was a pole or 2h , crushed it with the second swing. And no one hit it before this round. This thing looked like a Great Long Axe ( Pole ) , or Great Axe ( 2h ). Something like this. Just ask Tor what he uses for a weapon.
And the buckler has about half of the hitpoints like the steel shield. And like i tested before , the steel shield breaks in 5 hits from such an axe. You can believe me, i have tested many many shields. I tested them against all things of weapons. And against such axes , shields with high hitpoints are better. A heavy board shield take 8 or 9 hits from such a weapon until it breaks. So i decided to go for a medium solution. The 410 hp heater. It takes more hits from shield breakers , like the steel shield, and is not so heavy/slow. But bolts and arrows damage it, like sword hits too. But all the last rounds my shield was not broken at round end. And even against axes it could be in one piece , if i get the axe wielder after some hits. Not with the steel shield. Axes kill this shield fast. Very fast. Especially if wielded by Tor ;-) I think this was his name. If it was something like a 3 times heirloomed Great Long Axe , it would make 52 cut damage normal, plus his run and swing speed , plus my run speed into his direction .... plus bonus against shields .... makes ..... BOOOOOOOM .... ;-) Maybe this guy was it too , at the duel server, when i tested shields. I searched for great axe wielders in this test. Possible he was the same. But i can say the fur shield was much better in this case , and this thing has only 5 body armor ( but 600 hitpoints ) , against the 69 ba of the steel shield ( and 225 hitpoints ) . I tested Board shields , my heater shield also against this weapon. All better than steel. But if it comes to normal damage , nothing is better than steel. Even the little buckler was great. I had so many arrows in this little thing. Crazy , they should pass it normally , but it catches them ;-) And takes no damage also. This little thing was nearly undestroyable. ... nearly .... until the axe wielder came ;-)
And believe me, the Steel shield for 10422 Gold blocks only double time better than the little buckler, when it comes to a fight against hard axe players, i would say about 5 hits. Then its gone. Better get the 7700 Buckler, if you like steel. It weights about 10 less ( 2,5/12 ) and is nearly the same body armor 60/69.
Have Fun ! :-)
Edit : Oh .... hey Tor ! Yeah .... i thin it was a fight against you .... i tested , how my little buckler would work against your axe ..... but it breaks so fast ;-)
I would like to hear what weapon you wielded against my little buckler ? 3 times heiloomed Great Long Axe ? :-)
You wrote while i wrote my last text ;-) We wrote at the same time :-) And say to Dravic how fast you brake steel shields .... i think he don´t believe me ;-)
Edit2 : My 410 hitpoint heater is 1 time heirloomed .... but the other 2 will come soon ;-) The buckler was mainly a test which shield i will heirloome. I took the heater , not the buckler or steel shield ;-) I think hitpoints are better against shield breaker , than body armor of the shield.
